The IOWN Global Forum and Telecom Infra Project enter optical networking partnership

On November 20, the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) Global Forum and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) announced a new collaboration that aims to support the development of new optical technologies and optical infrastructure solutions.

The organizations report that through the initiative, they will work on concepts and components and drive event collaboration and market development.

Olli Andersson, TIP’s chief technology officer, said the collaboration will drive sustainable, low-latency networks that can reliably meet growing connectivity needs.

“This collaboration with the IOWN Global Forum underscores TIP’s commitment to advancing optical networking that meets the demands of tomorrow’s communication infrastructure,” said Andersson in a press release. “By combining TIP’s operator-driven model with the Forum’s pioneering vision for All-Photonic Networks (APNs), we’re enabling the deployment of innovative optical solutions.”

Hans Werner Bitzer, chair of the IOWN’s Liaison Working Group, said the organizations have a shared interest in accelerating the development of next-generation optical infrastructure.

“Our work with TIP marks a significant step forward in realizing our vision for a more advanced, sustainable communication infrastructure,” said Bitzer in the same press release.

TIP reports that its model focuses on real-world deployments through sub-projects, testing, and lab validation and that its Optical Packet Transport framework aligns with IOWN’s Open APN Architecture, allowing the initiative to leverage both organizations’ optical networking approaches.

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